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Sean Ingle in Rome

GB 4x100m men out after ‘horrendous’ run but women set relay standard

Britain’s Romell Glave and Richard Kilty after finishing last in the men’s 4x100m relay heats
Britain’s Romell Glave and Richard Kilty after finishing last in the men’s 4x100m relay heats. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Britain’s 4x100m relay performances went from the calamitous to the divine at these European Athletics Championships on Tuesday, with the men finishing a shock last in their heat and the women posting the fastest time in Europe this year.

All eyes were on the men’s team given it was the first time that CJ Ujah and Richard Kilty had run together since the former’s positive drugs test cost the team an Olympic silver medal in Tokyo. Afterwards Kilty had promised never to forgive his “sloppy and reckless” teammate for robbing him of a medal, or for buying what turned out to be a contaminated amino acid supplement for £10 off Amazon rather than one on the Informed Sport list.

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